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Jamaica Inn

Daphne du Maurier

Start date: December 1, 2015

Finish date: December 31, 2015

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Dec 12, 2014 ☯Emily Ginder rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 20th-century-classics, mystery, read-in-2009

Jamaica Inn stills exists. Daphne du Maurier visited the inn and, while exploring the moors, got lost in the fog. From this event, she wrote Jamaica Inn.

Mary is orphaned. Before her mother dies, she tells her to go live with her aunt. Mary keeps that promise and finds herself in a nightmare situation. Her aunt's husband seems abusive and her aunt cringes at his moods. The inn does not welcome the weary traveler. Usually the huge building is occupied by only Mary and her aunt and uncle. Occasion ...more

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Apr 08, 2014 Livinginthecastle rated it liked it · review of another edition

This book could've been a lot shorter as there isn't an awful lot of plot or mystery. It has been padded out with descriptions of the moor, and at the time of reading I was on holiday near where it was set, and the scenery was nice but the moors weren't a patch on the Yorkshire moors or the Lake District. The coast of course is a different matter and is stunning. I also visited Jamaica Inn, as you can imagine it was a bit of a tourist trap but atmospheric from the outside, if you ignore the nois ...more

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Jul 14, 2023 Noel rated it really liked it

Her introduction and description of characters blew me away, however the storytelling and plot was not as strong making the first half of the book much better than the rest. Dark and moody much like Wuthering Heights.

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